Kitchen Supervisor

Director of Culinary Operations

We’re searching for a Director of Culinary Operations for a high-volume producing commissary. In this role, you will plan, direct, and coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for the preparation of raw materials needed to support manufacturing menus.

• Direct and coordinate all kitchen activities in preparation to make 20,000 meals daily
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• Ensure food safety policies, procedures, and workplace safety policies are up to date and adhered to.
• Work closely with warehouse and purchasing to requisition supplies, materials, ensuring that materials, labor, or equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets.
• Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.
• Control labor expenses, based on the production schedule, utilizing forecasting tools, and comparing to budgeted numbers.
• Control food expenses through recipe compliance, portion monitoring and production oversite.
• Motivate, train, and manage hourly supervisors, hourly team members.
• Responsible for recommending or conducting disciplinary action, including termination of staff as necessary according to company standards.
• Monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality.
• Review plans and confer with team to develop new products or processes.
• Coordinate or recommend procedures for facility or equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines.
• Conduct hourly spot checks on production, SOP compliance, and safety.
• Ability to communicate in English and Spanish is preferred.

$/yr - $/yr

Director

Full-time

Management, Product Management, and Production

Food and Beverage Manufacturing and Caterers